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Protesters gathered outside BBC to denounce the MSM blackout surrounding the hunger strike
London Irish Brigade organised a protest, backed by Holocaust survivors & Jewish anti-Zionists, supporting 6 activists currently on hunger strike in prison to demand an end to British complicity in genocide
London Irish Brigade organised a protest, backed by Holocaust survivors & Jewish anti-Zionists, supporting 6 activists currently on hunger strike in prison to demand an end to British complicity in genocide
Irish, Jewish protesters demand BBC end silence on PA hunger-strikers www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Irish, Jewish protesters demand BBC end silence on PA hunger-strikers
Six UK political prisoners are on hunger strike against UK collaboration in genocide, but you'd never guess it from the BBC
www.thecanary.co
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Protesters gathered outside BBC to denounce the MSM blackout surrounding the hunger strike
London Irish Brigade organised a protest, backed by Holocaust survivors & Jewish anti-Zionists, supporting 6 activists currently on hunger strike in prison to demand an end to British complicity in genocide
London Irish Brigade organised a protest, backed by Holocaust survivors & Jewish anti-Zionists, supporting 6 activists currently on hunger strike in prison to demand an end to British complicity in genocide
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"Legal Counselors" can be empowered by the knowledge that the Dept of Justice has provided comprehensive AI legal advice on immigration.
Utterly incorrect advice as it happens.
Which a cynic might think was the plan. If there was any evidence of an Irish Govt being able to formulate a plan.
Utterly incorrect advice as it happens.
Which a cynic might think was the plan. If there was any evidence of an Irish Govt being able to formulate a plan.
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers”, says the Department of Justice.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"Legal Counselors" can be empowered by the knowledge that the Dept of Justice has provided comprehensive AI legal advice on immigration.
Utterly incorrect advice as it happens.
Which a cynic might think was the plan. If there was any evidence of an Irish Govt being able to formulate a plan.
Utterly incorrect advice as it happens.
Which a cynic might think was the plan. If there was any evidence of an Irish Govt being able to formulate a plan.
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Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
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This is really important, please read #speirghorm
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers”, says the Department of Justice.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is really important, please read #speirghorm
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Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation reut.rs/3KpybRU
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation
Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Tuesday said it had stopped posting on Elon Musk's social media platform X, as it said it did not want to facilitate the spreading of disinformation.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation reut.rs/3KpybRU
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Dublin book launch of 'From the Bog to the Cloud' this Wednesday in @ConnollyBooks. See you there!
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Dublin book launch of 'From the Bog to the Cloud' this Wednesday in @ConnollyBooks. See you there!
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Stop the uberisation of taxis! Don't let them pull us in yet another race to the bottom.
Taxi drivers have a simple solution - they need a 'not-for-profit' taxi app from the NTA.
Uber uses surge pricing and charge people more when it’s busy. They give drivers and customers less control.
Taxi drivers have a simple solution - they need a 'not-for-profit' taxi app from the NTA.
Uber uses surge pricing and charge people more when it’s busy. They give drivers and customers less control.
Paul Murphy TD calls for 'not-for-profit' taxi app from NTA to fight 'Uberisation' of sector
It comes after taxi drivers staged a large protest in Dublin earlier this month.
www.thejournal.ie
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Stop the uberisation of taxis! Don't let them pull us in yet another race to the bottom.
Taxi drivers have a simple solution - they need a 'not-for-profit' taxi app from the NTA.
Uber uses surge pricing and charge people more when it’s busy. They give drivers and customers less control.
Taxi drivers have a simple solution - they need a 'not-for-profit' taxi app from the NTA.
Uber uses surge pricing and charge people more when it’s busy. They give drivers and customers less control.
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The fight against surveillance must include infrastructure that enables it. We can’t just oppose collection we must also fight storage, analysis, corporate relationships…
As someone writing a book on the history of government data storage and its harms, I’ll say that people in the past knew this!
As someone writing a book on the history of government data storage and its harms, I’ll say that people in the past knew this!
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The fight against surveillance must include infrastructure that enables it. We can’t just oppose collection we must also fight storage, analysis, corporate relationships…
As someone writing a book on the history of government data storage and its harms, I’ll say that people in the past knew this!
As someone writing a book on the history of government data storage and its harms, I’ll say that people in the past knew this!
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The cognitive dissonance is unreal from @ec.europa.eu. On one hand we have a push to reduce regulatory controls over data and AI. On the other hand this: m.independent.ie/irish-news/p... - apparently democracy is doomed and we should roll over and give up on social contract.
‘These threats are coming to an election near you’ – Michael McGrath’s stark warning on ‘unprecedented’ Russian interference
There is no guarantee that democracy will survive, according to Ireland’s EU Commissioner, Michael McGrath, who said interference from Russia is “real and escalating”.
m.independent.ie
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The cognitive dissonance is unreal from @ec.europa.eu. On one hand we have a push to reduce regulatory controls over data and AI. On the other hand this: m.independent.ie/irish-news/p... - apparently democracy is doomed and we should roll over and give up on social contract.
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Ireland should be doing this too. There isn’t an alarm bell big enough to wake this government up. We should be in crisis mode, but instead it’s still shaking-developers’-hands-at-the-race-course, business as usual.
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ireland should be doing this too. There isn’t an alarm bell big enough to wake this government up. We should be in crisis mode, but instead it’s still shaking-developers’-hands-at-the-race-course, business as usual.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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On Nov. 22, Israeli strikes killed more than 20 people and injured over 80 in #Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health. Since Oct. 11, over 339 Palestinians have been killed and more than 870 been injured.
Despite the ceasefire, we are still treating injured people in Gaza.
Despite the ceasefire, we are still treating injured people in Gaza.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On Nov. 22, Israeli strikes killed more than 20 people and injured over 80 in #Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health. Since Oct. 11, over 339 Palestinians have been killed and more than 870 been injured.
Despite the ceasefire, we are still treating injured people in Gaza.
Despite the ceasefire, we are still treating injured people in Gaza.
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Reject the 'Uberisation' of our taxis!
Don't support this race to the bottom!
The government must establish a publicly owned, not-for-profit app operated by the NTA, mandated to protect taxi drivers’ incomes and to protect customers against Uber's surge pricing.
#SpéirGhorm
Don't support this race to the bottom!
The government must establish a publicly owned, not-for-profit app operated by the NTA, mandated to protect taxi drivers’ incomes and to protect customers against Uber's surge pricing.
#SpéirGhorm
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Reject the 'Uberisation' of our taxis!
Don't support this race to the bottom!
The government must establish a publicly owned, not-for-profit app operated by the NTA, mandated to protect taxi drivers’ incomes and to protect customers against Uber's surge pricing.
#SpéirGhorm
Don't support this race to the bottom!
The government must establish a publicly owned, not-for-profit app operated by the NTA, mandated to protect taxi drivers’ incomes and to protect customers against Uber's surge pricing.
#SpéirGhorm
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Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
Repeated problems at North Cork Creameries came to light during investigation into Blackwater fish kill
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Irish man Jordan Devlin is among a group of pro-Palestinian activists reporting degrading and inhumane prison conditions in Britain.
The Irish government hasn’t intervened.
www.ontheditch.com/irishman-amo...
The Irish government hasn’t intervened.
www.ontheditch.com/irishman-amo...
Irishman facing ‘inhumane’ trial and conditions in Britain
Though Jordan Devlin is an Irish citizen the Irish government hasn’t intervened.
www.ontheditch.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Irish man Jordan Devlin is among a group of pro-Palestinian activists reporting degrading and inhumane prison conditions in Britain.
The Irish government hasn’t intervened.
www.ontheditch.com/irishman-amo...
The Irish government hasn’t intervened.
www.ontheditch.com/irishman-amo...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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I continue to be surprised at how under the radar this is going, considering that it’s more consequential than a lot of the things that #spéirghorm gets worked up about.
There’ll be major handwringing on here if we get a “majority of parents support Church patronage of primary schools” result.
There’ll be major handwringing on here if we get a “majority of parents support Church patronage of primary schools” result.
If you're in ireland and have kids in primary school or soon to be, please fill out this survey on preferences re religious involvement in schools, and whether people prefer single-sex or co-ed. It takes < 1 minute and will inform future provision. #speirgorm www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Primary School Survey
This survey is for parents and guardians of children in primary school or who will enter primary school in the coming years
www.gov.ie
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I continue to be surprised at how under the radar this is going, considering that it’s more consequential than a lot of the things that #spéirghorm gets worked up about.
There’ll be major handwringing on here if we get a “majority of parents support Church patronage of primary schools” result.
There’ll be major handwringing on here if we get a “majority of parents support Church patronage of primary schools” result.
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I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
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The latest in this year of EU surrender to Trump.
"On Nov. 19 the 🇪🇺Commission made an outright retreat on its data and privacy rules."
"Brussels finally gave up on its decade-long dream of seeking to be the predominant global tech regulator that would rein in American tech titans."
"On Nov. 19 the 🇪🇺Commission made an outright retreat on its data and privacy rules."
"Brussels finally gave up on its decade-long dream of seeking to be the predominant global tech regulator that would rein in American tech titans."
Brussels is done being the world’s digital policeman
The “Brussels Effect” is dead. Now Washington is setting the pace on deregulation in Europe.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The latest in this year of EU surrender to Trump.
"On Nov. 19 the 🇪🇺Commission made an outright retreat on its data and privacy rules."
"Brussels finally gave up on its decade-long dream of seeking to be the predominant global tech regulator that would rein in American tech titans."
"On Nov. 19 the 🇪🇺Commission made an outright retreat on its data and privacy rules."
"Brussels finally gave up on its decade-long dream of seeking to be the predominant global tech regulator that would rein in American tech titans."
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Scenes at the Dublin City Council budget meeting last night. The histrionics from the ruling group betray their guilty consciences. I’ll also note that champion of the working class Mannix Flynn went missing during the vote, meaning the ruling group won 31-30. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Scenes at the Dublin City Council budget meeting last night. The histrionics from the ruling group betray their guilty consciences. I’ll also note that champion of the working class Mannix Flynn went missing during the vote, meaning the ruling group won 31-30. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Irish President Catherine Connolly sends message of support on Transgender Day of Remembrance #SpéirGorm
@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️⚧️
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Irish President Catherine Connolly sends message of support on Transgender Day of Remembrance #SpéirGorm